Family : Rosaceae
Class : Moss Rose
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Old Rose.
Moss Rose created in France by Charles-Félix Verdier in 1888, and also known as ‘Oeillet Panachée’.
It is probable that he simply codified a form which had already existed for around a century.
The bud is covered with outgrowth characteristics that resemble moss, and has a slightly perfumed, double corolla, at once recognisable by its light pink petals with dark red stripes.
Also adapted to pot cultivation.
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